Hoisting harness

ABSTRACT

Hoisting harness for persons, where the lifting action takes place by a harness consisting of a seat-piece placed between the person&#39;s legs, to which seat-piece a rear-piece is connected, which runs against the person&#39;s back and further consists of a front piece which runs against the chest. The front-piece and the rear-piece in their free ends have loops to be applied to a lift hanger. In order to avoid that the harness shall not be too tight across the chest during the lifting action and that the harness is adaptable to the size of the person&#39;s body, the front-piece and the rear-piece are connected by two connecting bands each band passing one side of the body, whereby the length of the connecting bands between the front-piece and the rear-piece is adjustable.

This is a nationalization of PCT/SE01/02006 filed Sep. 19, 2001 andpublished in English.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a hoisting harness for persons, where thelifting action is taking place by a hoisting harness consisting of aseat-piece, which is placed between the person's legs, to which seatpiece a rear-piece is connected. The rear-piece runs on the person'sback and upwards over the shoulders. Further, a front piece is connectedto the seat-piece, which runs against the person's breast and upwardsover the shoulders, whereby the front piece and the rear piece haveloops, or the corresponding, protruding from their free ends, whichloops will be applied to a lift means e.g. a lift hanger.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Hoisting harnesses of this kind are very often so formed that when aperson is lifted sitting in the harness, pressure on the chest oragainst the person's sides will be created and this specifically goesfor heavy persons having a corpulent body. The problem is very obviouswhen lifting disabled persons, old persons or weak persons, who can notuse their hands to keep off the tension forces of the hoisting harness.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the invention is thus to design a hoisting harness, whichis comfortable for the lifted person during the lifting action andthereby will not be tight across the chest or at another point of thebody and which can be adapted to the size of the person's body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

An embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference toenclosed drawings.

FIG. 1 is hereby a plan view of the harness.

FIG. 2 is a harness according to the invention hanging from a lifthanger without a person being lifted.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a person being lifted by the harness accordingto the invention, the harness hanging from a lift hanger.

FIG. 4 is the same as FIG. 3 but the person being lifted is seen fromthe rear.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 is thus a plan view of the harness. The harness includes aseat-piece 1 in the form of a piece of a cloth, which is placed betweenthe person's legs. A rear-piece, generally designated by 3 is fastenedto the rear end 2 of the seat-piece. This rear-piece 3 consists of twohoisting bands 4 and 5, which are prolonged by two parts 6 and 7, whichin their upper ends form a loop 8 and 9 respectively. The hoisting bands4 and 5 are transversally connected by a transverse band 10.

Two connecting bands 11 and 12 are connected with the hoisting bands 4and 5 at points approximately where the transverse band 10 is connectedto the hoisting bands 4 and 5. The two connecting bands 11 and 12 arecomposed of several loops 13 and 14 respectively at their free ends.

The hoisting harness also includes a front piece generally indicated by15. This front piece is connected to the front end 16 of the seat pieceand is principally of the same form as the rear piece, and is why it isnot described more specifically. The corresponding parts are designatedby the same numerals with a prime for parts described concerning therear piece. However, as shown in FIG. 1, the two lifting loops of thefront-piece 15 are designated by 17 and 18.

In FIG. 2 the harness is shown hanging from a lifting hanger 19. In thisform the harness is hanging in the loops 8, 9, 17 and 18. In order togive the harness a closed form the hoisting bands 6′ and 7′ of the frontpiece 15 are inserted through any of the loops 13 and 14 respectively ofthe connecting bands 11 and 12 respectively. A closed harness is thusformed around the person's body by the rear piece 3, the front piece 15and the two connecting bands 11 and 12, see also FIG. 3. The seat-pieceis also included in this closed form of the harness.

From FIG. 3 it can be seen that the connecting bands 11 and 12 areplaced under the armpits and preferably at a certain distance under thearmpits so that the connecting bands do not press uncomfortably into thearmpits. By each one of the hoisting bands 6′ and 7′ inserted insuitable loops 13 and 14, it is possible to arrange the transverse bands10 and 10′ so far from each other that they are not uncomfortablytightened against the chest and the back when the lifting action takesplace. The lifting bands will be stretched during the lifting operation,which can have an influence on the tension of the transverse bands 10and 10′. It should also be observed that the main part of the person'sweight will be carried by the seat-piece 1. It is also possible to adaptthe harness so that the weight is divided between the seat-piece and theconnecting bands by that the latter carry in the armpits. Further, it isalso possible that the weight can be carried by the transverse bands 10and 10′ respectively because of a friction between them and the body,respectively.

An embodiment has been described above but within the scope of theclaims other embodiments are possible. Thus, the front piece and therear piece have been described consisting of bands but it is obviousthat parts of the front piece and the rear piece can be formed frompieces of cloths instead of bands, at least as far as up to thetransverse bands.

1. Hoisting harness for persons comprising a seat piece placed betweenthe person's legs, a rear-piece connected to the seat piece, therear-piece running against the person's back and upwards over theshoulders, a front piece connected to the seat piece, the front piecerunning against the chest of the person and upwards over the shoulders,the front piece and the rear piece, in free ends having loops forengagement by a lift hanger, a connecting band protruding from each sideof the rear piece, the free end of each connecting band having severalloops, whereby from each side of the front piece a lifting bandprotrudes, and is insertable through one, of the loops of the connectingbands so that the person in a comfortable way is sitting on theseat-piece, surrounded by the rear-piece, the front-piece and the twoconnecting bands.
 2. Hoisting harness according to claim 1, wherein therear-piece as well as the front-piece each consists of two hoistingbands, which are doubled from a point where a transverse band connectsthe lifting bands.
 3. Hoisting harness according to claim 1, wherein theconnecting bands are fastened to the rear-piece so that the connectingbands are at a small distance under the person's armpits when theconnecting bands connect the rear-piece with the front-piece.